page_title: Type 56 assault rifle
section_title: Users
hierarchical_section_title: Type 56 assault rifle / Users
caption_attribution_description: English: A Syrian soldier aims an TYPE 56-1S (China made AK47) assault rifle from his position in a foxhole during a firepower demonstration, part of Operation Desert Shield. The soldier is wearing a Soviet-made Model ShMS nuclear-biological-chemical warfare masks. Deutsch: Ein syrischer Soldat mit einem AK-47 Sturmgewehr während einer Schießübung. Der Soldat trägt eine sowjetische ShMS-ABC-Maske. Italiano: Un soldato siriano armato di Tipo 56-1 e tuta NBC in esercitazione durante l'operazione Desert Shield. Français&#160;: Un soldat syrien du Joint Force Command-North en tenue de protection NBC et armé d'un AK-47 durant l'opération Bouclier du désert.
context_page_description: The Type 56 is a Chinese 7.62×39mm rifle. It is a variant of the Soviet-designed AK-47 and AKM rifles. Production started in 1956 at State Factory 66 but was eventually handed over to Norinco and PolyTech, who continue to manufacture the rifle primarily for export.
context_section_description:  Afghanistan
   Albania Locally produced under small modification of the Albanian Army needs. Main armament of the army until recently when it's being replaced with ARX-160, and M4A1.
   Algeria
   Bangladesh
   Benin
   Boko Haram : Type 56 and Type 56-1
   Bolivia
   Bosnia and Herzegovina
   Burundi: Burundian rebels.
   Cambodia
   Central African Republic
   Congo-Brazzaville
   Congo-Kinshasa
   Chad
   China
   Croatia: Used by Croatia in its war of independence.
   Djibouti
   East Timor
   Ecuador
   Estonia
   Finland 
   Gambia
   Indonesia: Used for reserve and only in small amounts.
   Iran
   Iraq
   Iraqi Kurdistan
   Ivory Coast
   Kosovo
   Laos
   Liberia
   Mali
   Malta
   Myanmar
     Nepal: Used by the Nepalese Army and formerly by the People's Liberation Army rebels
   Nicaragua: Contras.
   Niger
   North Korea
   Pakistan
   Palestine
   Rwanda
   Sierra Leone
   Somalia
   South Sudan: South Sudan Liberation Movement, South Sudan Democratic Movement, Sudan People's Liberation Army and Lou Nuer militias.
   Sri Lanka
   Sudan
   Syria
   Thailand use by enemy ground training only and thran pharn or Thai Paramilitary forces
   Uganda
   Lord Resistance Army
   Vietnam
   South Vietnam: Captured from Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army during the Vietnam War.
   Yemen
   Zimbabwe
caption: Syrian soldier aims a Type 56.
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